This weekend was very low key. We traveled last weekend and are leaving Wednesday for California so we made loose plans and let the days spontaneously unfold. It was wonderful.
Friday night it stopped rainy and turned sunny so I scrapped my PJ baking plan and instead we drank some wine with friends, got Chipotle for dinner and watched The Heartbreak Kid (<– I don’t really recommend, it was just…weird.)
Saturday morning we laid around reading and talking and drinking coffee for an hour or so and then I perused pancake recipes for breakfast. I decided on this recipe and threw in some chocolate chips. And then fried up some eggs in butter and slathered on the peanut butter.
After a late breakfast I cleaned the apartment, Nick did finance things like reconsolidate my student loans (stuff I hate doing) and then I worked on blog stuff for a bit.
Around 2 or so I felt like moving my body so I went down to our apartment building’s gym and whirled around on the machines for a bit while listening to a podcast. My knees all of sudden have began hurting even though I occasionally run these days….so I’m not quite sure why they are suddenly so painful. My brother is a PT so I talked to him about it and he gave me some exercises to do. Hoping between the exercises, minimal impact movement and lots of icing I’ll be healed up soon.
Later in the day we meal planned for the week (my strategy: take 10 minutes to find a dinner recipe and write down a list), and then I did some blog work, rolled around on the foam roller and talked to my friend Kelli on the phone. On the weekends if we have a later breakfast we usually just end up snacking through to dinner. Green smoothies, popcorn, chocolate…crackers with cheese/hummus. Whatever is left in the fridge from the week.
Our friends Ben and Aime where with some people at City Vineyard which is only about a mile from our apartment and invited us to hang so we went up there for a couple hours and had a glass of wine.
Then I got hungry and told Nick I really wanted to make margaritas. As I was cleaning the apartment in the morning I had a margarita craving that had to be tamed. Yes, I think about tequila at 11am. So on our way home we swung by the liquor store and Whole Foods for some snacks and Trey and Nicole tag teamed and takeout from Mole for dinner.
We ate fajitas, drank margs, talked about life and then started to watch Paterson but it was so slow and boring that we stopped half way through. I foam rolled my IT band and then couldn’t keep my eyes open and headed to bed.
Sunday morning I sat outside in the sunshine and wrote this blog post, journaled a bit and then we made pancakes again. I love pancakes, they feel so Sunday morning right?
Then ordered our groceries on Instacart (avoiding grocery store = so much less stress) went on a walk, did some yoga, laid in the sun some more and read, then showered and headed to church.
We biked home, ate curry outside with the sunset and then watched This is Us before heading to bed.
Low key weekend. Just want I needed. How was yours?
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Y dont like grocering on line. For me go to the market, choose the stuff and move my body, carrying the bags and walking the aisles sounds like an extra NEAT activity i love to !
Definitely agree about pancakes and Sundays – always always always gotta have ’em!
My weekend was kinda the same as yours – pretty low key, and filled with good food 🙂
so glad yours was filled with the good stuff emily 🙂
Love that you are incorporating more rest- it inspires me to do the same! I too have been trying to stop planning so much and just let things unfold. I have always loved planning, but honestly it is SO much less stressful to just relax and be a bit more spontaneous. We had a lovely weekend celebrating my husband’s birthday with friends/fam!
I’m not a planner so I love not doing it but it’s hard to fight the mental battle of “I should make plans!” Glad you’re finding rest too Megan 🙂
Ahh I learned so much this weekend how necessary low key weekends can be! My fiancé and I have been all go with wedding details, traveling home to see family and trying to decide on a new apartment, it was so nice to take some time to relax and enjoy each other’s company again.
I so know how that feels! Take time to relax and SOAK IT UP with each other <3
Wow this looks like such a beautiful weekend Robyn. I love that you are listening to your body and taking some off time for your knees. My knees hurt too occasionally, and it does help to cut back on running and do some more stretching.
Also Instacart sounds like one of the best ideas ever!
good to know that helped you too – thanks emily!
A note the knees, I was a runner, too, and when I all but stopped I started having some pretty significant hip pain. Finally realized that more movement actually made it feel better. I’m back to running now and have almost 0 hip pain. Also, I am 100% with you on the grocery shopping. The closest thing we have to Instacart is Clicklist from Kroger. I drive an hour away every couple of weeks for our groceries just so I don’t have to go in. I would MUCH rather spend that couple of hours peaceful in the car, drinking an iced coffee and listening to a podcast than in the stressful store. I don’t get people who would rather go in when given another option!
grocery stores sure have changed from 10 years ago! good to know about your hip pain…but now I’m wondering how the heck you run through this pain? that seems really painful ha
What a lovely weekend! I had a busy, but soul-filling weekend with lots of activities with friends. I think my favourite parts though were breakfast with one of my best friends who is 29 weeks pregnant! So exciting! And then bushwalking with my sister through a gorgeous national park in our city. I was tired on Sunday night but my soul was super happy! And I need to get on the pancake train! Maybe next weekend I will be more intentional about making something yummy for breakfast rather than my usual yoghurt and granola fall back.
sometimes tired is good when its from spending time with those we adore and love 🙂
This sounds like such a wonderful weekend! Ours was pretty low-key too. We got back from Hawaii early Friday morning, worked most of the day on Friday, then caught up on sleep during the weekend. I also took a yoga class, worked on my nutrition classes, and meal prepped. My hubby plays on an outdoor volleyball team, so I watched him play yesterday. We ended the weekend with a piece of chocolate cake for dessert, then promptly went to bed at 9. Low-key weekends are the best. Have a great week, Robyn!
Hawaii sounds AMAZING! glad you enjoyed your weekend – it sounds lovely 🙂
I have similar random thoughts about food and beverages at early hours in the day too. Like wine and cheese, I always want a wine and cheese night.
Also, my knee has been hurting whenever I run as well, and I think it’s IT band syndrome. I’m studying to be a PT right now, but I still had to google since we haven’t quite gotten that far in our curriculum 🙂
Oh awesome you are studying to be a PT! I have been foam rolling my IT a lot since I think you are right and that could be it – thanks 🙂
Do you ever get worried Nick is maybe an alcoholic and that’s why he’s shown such an “interest” in wine lately? I had that worry with my ex, he was super religious. Lots of people in the church are sick regarding alcohol. Hopefully he’s okay and letting you live the life you want to.